Greece's Syriza, rivals neck-and-neck in poll run up: Surveys

Greeces Syriza, rivals neck-and-neck in poll run up: Surveys
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Elections in Greece next weekend will be a cliffhanger with the radical leftists of ex-premier Alexis Tsipras having a razor-thin lead over New Democracy conservatives, new poll surveys showed Sunday.

Elections in Greece next weekend will be a cliffhanger with the radical leftists of ex-premier Alexis Tsipras having a razor-thin lead over New Democracy conservatives, new poll surveys showed Sunday.


Greeks go to the ballot for the fifth time in six years next Sunday as Tsipras seeks a fresh mandate to push through huge reform commitments made under the new 86-billion-euro ($96-billion) bailout.

Four polls published a week ahead of the vote showed Syriza leading by between 0.3 to 0.7 percent over the main opposition party.

Tsipras' party will get 25.9 percent of the ballot against New Democracy's 25.5 percent, according the MRB poll for the Real News newspaper.
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